The impact of the palliative care mobile team on symptom assessment and medication profiles in patients admitted to a comprehensive cancer center

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-475

  Yennurajalingam, Sriram ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Medications; Palliative care; Symptom assessment; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 34147140346     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0172-0     Document Type: Review

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